Men's Football Blog

“We’re coming in to our second year together and we have a lot more chemistry. We want to come in and beat guys up to win all of our game. We have the guys and the unity to come in and win all of our games.

The quarterback position garnered a lot of attention at BYU’s football media day this morning.

Several coaches and players made appearances at the fourth annual event and made themselves available to talk about this upcoming season, including head coach, Bronco Mendenhall and junior quarterback, Taysom Hill.

Devin Mahina returns for his final year at BYU looking to make a big difference in BYU’s evolving offense. The senior tight end from Upland, California, remembers BYU’s tough loss at Virginia to start off the 2013 campaign and is ready to do his part in making sure 2014 starts off with a win.

“I’m excited and anxious and ready for the season to start,” Mahina said. “July is going to seem like a really long month for me, but when the season comes I’ll definitely be ready.”

Former BYU tight end Kaneakua Friel accepted a minicamp invitation from the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, adding to the list of Cougars receiving NFL opportunities. Friel is the sixth member of the 2013 team to receive a chance to compete at the NFL level.

The BYU football team will be sporting three alternate home uniforms during the upcoming season. In addition to its regular dark blue home jersey with white pants, the team will don white, royal and black uniforms in 2014.

Round 1 of the 2014 NFL Draft begins tonight in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. Live coverage begins at 8 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. MDT on ESPN, WatchESPN and on the NFL Network. The second and third rounds will take place Friday beginning at 7 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. MDT while the final four rounds are held Saturday beginning at noon EDT/10 a.m. MDT.

BYU football released its spring prospectus which recaps spring and previews the 2014 season. The Cougars wrapped up their spring practices April 4.

"Spring was really good, we learned quite a bit," BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "Our completion percentage and third down percentage were very high through the entire spring. The ability to protect the quarterback is improving. Obedient, hard-working and hungry are the three words I would use (to describe the personality of the team)."

PROVO, Utah (April 10, 2014) — Brigham Young University, ESPN and the Mountain West Conference today announced the 2014 football game between BYU and Boise State will be played on Friday, Oct. 24 to a national television audience on ESPN or ESPN2. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.

The Cougars will close out the month of October in the nationally featured matchup with the Broncos in Boise, Idaho. The contest at Bronco Stadium was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25.